Meh. I've tried to get into Wilco; they are better than the average crap out there but still not interesting enough for me to put into my rotation. Sure, Tweedy contributed to Uncle Tupelo. But based on their work after Uncle Tupelo I'd have to say that Farrar was a much larger reason that Uncle Tupelo was so good.

quote:Meh. I've tried to get into Wilco; they are better than the average crap out there but still not interesting enough for me to put into my rotation. Sure, Tweedy contributed to Uncle Tupelo. But based on their work after Uncle Tupelo I'd have to say that Farrar was a much larger reason that Uncle Tupelo was so good.

So wilco is a huge band and nobody outside of the alt country world had heard of son volt, but farrar is why uncle tupelo was so good? Thats laughable.

quote:I remember having a conversation with someone on TD trying to argue that son volt was a bigger/more known band than wilco.

Well that was probably true through the end of the 90's.

I like the first three Sun Volt albums but didnt' care for his solo stuff that much. I think the biggest problem is Jay Farrar's ego. It's why Farrar is always driving band members away. I've read he's pretty hard to deal with.

quote:I like the first three Sun Volt albums but didnt' care for his solo stuff that much. I think the biggest problem is Jay Farrar's ego. It's why Farrar is always driving band members away. I've read he's pretty hard to deal with.

sun volt's debut album was much better received than wilco's.

Jay farrar is a complete freak and I think that is one reason they are not more popular. The dude has got serious social interaction problems.